>> good morning everyone. i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers. it is wednesday september 26th. thank you for watching "fox friends first. top five stories at this hour. as iran and u.s. trade diplomats jabs at the end the military shows force in the persian gulf. the u.s. flooded the area with more than 20 ships to practice a mission to keep the waterways free from mines. iran reported test firing four

missiles during a drill in the strait of ver mouth. they tried to close the straight as many as 5,000 mines in case of an israeli attack. >> obama and romney are zeroing in on ohio. their paths will cross as they rally support. the president at bowling green state university and kent state university. meanwhile romney continues his bus tour through three cities. he will attend three rallies and and hold a manufacturing roundtable. obama is ahead by 7 percent in the polls. two tornadoes ripping through towns in illinois. this one touched down near opaville. through this semi on to its side. two people taken to the hospital. a couple barns were completely demolished. >> it was just raining it

started pouring down rain and then it started hailing. then everybody, it was just a mess. >> right down the road over the over pass. the barn and house got tore up. >> we are only a few days into fall, but look at this. that's what you think it is. some people in colorado skipping right into winter snow falling into the mountains. ski areas got several inches. but it won't last. the weather is supposed to warm up by this weekend. the wrong team still wins. they uphold the disputed win over the packers. league officials did not over turn the call made by the replacement ref. they did say the wide receiver golden tate should have been called for offensive pass interference before the catch. it still has fans and players frustrated. >> today is yom kippur the ho

holiest of the jewish holiday also known as the day of atonement. they refrained from drinking and eating asking god to for give them of their sins. it caps the traditional 10-day period of soul searching that began with rosh hashanah. >> iranian president ahmadinejad is talking to the general assembly. peter doocy has more. >> president obama told the united nations yesterday even though keeping nuclear weapons out of iran is a top priority there's no use of the military because there's still time to see if sanki saipgss will slow them down. >> nuclear iran is not a challenge that can be contained it will threaten the nation of

israel the security of golf nation and stability of the global economy. it risks triggering a nuclear arms race and unravel have gone of the nonproliferation treaty. that's why a coalition is holding the iranian government. we must do what we can to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> a day ahead of ahmadinejad it's country showed off a drone that can stay in the sky for 24-hours and travel 1100 miles which puts the s. and israeli regions on notice. this will has president obama put world leaders on notice that as the air stretches into the winter time there is a need to figure out why things are so tense between the arab world an the west. even if an american made movie upset a particular group free speech will always be protected and valued in this country.

>> oo just as we cannot solve every problem in the world the united states has not and will not seek to dictate the outcome of democratic transitions abroad. >> something the united states will do president obama said is speak out forcefully against violence and extremism. patti ann? >> peter doocy live. the republican challenger mitt romney and paul ryan sat down with karl come ron. >> he asked romney and ryan if they think the president downplayed the situation for political purposes. >> i think what the president said the developments in the middle east are like bumps in the road he badly miss understands what's happening not just the diplomats but muslim

brother becoming president of egypt, iran moving toward nuclear capabilities. they are far from being pumps in the road. >> i would sass this is part of a story when we project weakness by cutting military with defense cut by equivocating when we speak overseas about these issues it projects weakness. and when america projects weakness our adversaries are more willing to pass us more of an incentive to attack us. allies have less reason to trust us. with the projection of weakness we disagree with that. we believe with speaking with moral clarity and purpose overseas so we are res lieutenant. if we are res lieutenant allies will be more willing to trust us. romney's campaign surrogate and former new hampshire governor also talking. he's hitting the president over missing daily intelligence

briefings. >> let me tell you what the big problem with the president is. he's absolutely lazy and detachd from his job when he doesn't go and attend 60 percent of the detailed residential daily briefings that come from the cia and thinks he can skim it on his ipad instead of sitting down and engaging in what i -- i was in a white house with george herbert walker bush. he took that brief every day. george w. bush took it every day i believe bill clinton took it every day. he thinks he is smarter. that's the most important half hour of the day for the president who has to protect the security of the united states. >> after all of the controversy it is reported that president obama is now attending 100

percent of his intelligence briefings. >> time for the first degree weather update. maria molina has more on the expected rain in the northeast. good morning maria. >> good morning. we are expecting areas of rain across parts of the northeast and also again more storms over areas in illinois parts of indiana, kentucky into missouri. we could be seeing more severe weather across the area. first i wanted to start out with the showers. they are already moving on into portions of new england down into parts of massachusetts and connecticut. we saw some of the light drizzle early this morning in new york city. grab the umbrella you are going to need it through out the day. this front will be slow mover through out the day. it will continue to produce showers in the northeast. rumbles of thunder into indiana, illinois portions of missouri into the central plains. a lot of heavy rain we have that

concern once again today for more severe weather in the form of large hail damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. we received 7 reports of tornadoes across the state of illinois. we have that concern over oklahoma city, springfield, missouri and wichita and kansas. texas panhandle as well. 43 right now in minneapolis. cool across the plains. warmer this morning in the northeast 65 in new york city. maria molina, thank you. now to some stories you can bank on this morning. the controversial call at the end of the packers green bay game cost green bays a win but ma many betters as well. a lot of folks out of big money. >> a lot of people thinking replace this. some $300 million was wrongly lost on that blown call giving

the seahawks a last play td they didn't reserve. one giving the loss back. this is a $10 billion a year business tarnished by a $3 million differen $3 million difference in pay. tigers were favored about 4 and a half. now to the future which is happening right now. driverless cars. >> get ready for the driverless car. would you rather be in it or along side it. signed it pushed by google making it legal for tech drives computer controlled car so long as a human is behind the wheel in case of a whole new kind of breakdown. >> you know what year the

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he wants him to know they are not bumps in the road. ryan zinc says the murders are a global catastrophe. a federally funded green energy failure hybrid car receiving a disastrous review from consumer reports. it is plagued with flaws which explains why this one burst into flames last month in california. the reason a recalled battery. recently the obama administration made public release of prisoners from guantanamo bay. time served at gitmo is becoming a badge of honor and for many it has been a training ground for waging more terror against america. katherine herridge is in washington with more. >> heather and patti ann about 1 in 3 detainees return to the battlefield if they are released. many have senior positions within al qaeda or one of the

affiliates. >> the libyan identified his guantanamo by determined number 557 is the leading suspect in the benghazi consulate. time at gitmo can be like a badge of honor giving them street cred even rock star status. there'sal shir ry who spent nearly 6 years in guantanamo. he is the deputy leader of al qaeda in yemen. they dee down-play the guantanamo effect. >> given higher status in some terrorist groups but probably not in the best position to accurately characterize that. i think it's probably safe to say some of them do acquire some degree of status but i am not sure it's widespread. >> the evidence points to a joint operation between the group and the al qaeda affiliate

in north africa. he identified his file as de tawny 372 is a top target in yemen because of the direct involvement in the underwear bomber not in 2009. kierding to the data 1 in 3 detainees ais suspected of returning to the battlefield. >> the number that will return to a life of terrorism. >> the deputy of the leader of the taliban is also a former detainee who was released in 2007. >> there is real concern detainees go with the cause in guantanamo and bring them understanding of the way the american military works. thank you very much katherine. the time now is 18 after the top of the hour. parents, you are a parent, do you have a secret -- do you have secretly have a favorite child. one father who openly admitted on-line he does is facing a i

lot of backlash this morning. is it deserved. >> i only have one. it does not effect me. >> does a screaming baby on board a flight drive you crazy? it may become a thing of the past at least by one airline.

>> sometitime now 22 after the . final jets like this one going after two small planes that go into a no-fly zone in new york. the restriction is in place for the u.n. general assembly. they escorted the plane to a new jersey airport.

both landed without any problem. a judge may block part of pennsylvania controversial voter id law during yesterday's hearing he asked for input from each side. the law says all voters must show either a state driver's license government id or state nondriver card in order to cast a vote. the hearing is set to resume tomorrow. >> it is time now to brew on this. do you ever play favorites when you coare with your kids? one father does and he is broadcasting it all over the internet. >> bud bishop is creating a lot of buzz when it comes to his most recent posts. the daddy blogger admitting his 5-year-old son zachary is his favorite child leaving out the little one you see here 2-year-old charlie. his article titled admit it, you have a favorite kid.

i do. it was posted on september 19th. bishop writes, if i were to be absolutely honest my older son is my favorite of the two. we are adventurous partners in crime and i can't image life without him. he went on to say i don't let zachary get away with anything because he's just my first pick. i just like him better. his blog isn't sitting well. some praise him for his honesty others say he is just wrong. >> not fair. it's not fair. >> it's not bad. >> if it's one girl's birthday the other one gets a present, too. >> bishop says he loves both of his boys equally. he plans to spend more one-on-one time with the older son. >> he has no regrets about what he posted. >> interesting. all right ainsley. >> i think that's awful. i will just say it. i think it's awful. >> yeah.

that leads us to our brew on this question of the day. do you secretly have a favorite child? >> send us your comments. tweet them to us at fox friends first or shoot us an e-mail to foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. we will read them later in the show. you may want to change your name at the chance of offending your other child. just an idea. depending on what you have to say. coming up governor chris christie addt it again going he to head with a reporter that questions his facts. >> terrifying moment for a teen home alone. she finds herself in the middle of a home invasion while home sick. this day in history in 1969 the brady bunch. ♪ ♪

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>> welcome back to f"and friend first. i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne. 5@5:30 the top five making news at this hour. fox obtained an e-mail sent by house members to the president. in it they express serious concerns about the information given out during recent briefings on the attack in libya that left four americans dead.

the e-mail reads we are disturbed by the information that would lead the american public believe the attack was a protest gone wrong. they are demanding an additional briefing. >> from the person who wrote a new partisan report on tax cuts is a big donor to president obama? a congressional research employee gave to president obama's campaign in 2008 and again this past august. he also donates to democratic party organizations. his reports found tax cuts to earners does not help economic growth. it maintains the personal views are not permitted to influence their nonpartisan work for congress. terrifying moments for a teen when an intruder breaks into her house.

>> the teen was home sick from school when she heard incruders enter the house. she grabbed a phone and hid in the basement while she called 911 as you heard. an officer working nearby rushed to the scene and luckily was able to skop the robbers as they tried to escape. the teen was okay but obviously a little shaken up. >> new jersey governor chris christie back in old form. here he is firing back at a reporter talking about the state foreclosure project. >> (inaudible). >> the governor quickly moved on to the next question. >> ann romney making her first late night pier rance on "the tonight show"." she talked about her the

campaign her five brothers and mitt's dance moves. >> is mitt a good dancer? >> he has gotten better. >> that's a political dancer. i saw him dance outside of the republican convention. here, take a look. ♪ >> that's mitt. >> that's how he is owl of the time at home. >> that is your 5@5:30. >> all eyes on the united nations today as iran's president ahmadinejad is expect to do call for a new world order. it comes a day after president obama spoke before the same awed yengs trying to put pressure over iran's nuclear program. doug luzader is live in washington with the details. >> one thing we can expect is a

provocative speech from iran's president it is a challenge for the white house. what would ahmadinejad say today in the u.n. in new york? in a run up of the speech he called the united states a bully and the time of empires has come to an end. his speech comes a day after president obama spoke to the same audience trying to up the pressure over iran's nuclear program. america wants to resolve this issue and we believe there is still time and space to do so. that time is not unlimited that's why the united states will do what they must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> no clear lines in the sand over the march for nuclear weapon just as iran unveiled the new drone that would in theory reach u.s. military bases. israeli leaders are pressing for a plan of action. the president also spoke about the states of the muslim world

and violence releft an entire region in turmoil. >> let us remember muslims suffered the most at the hands of extremism. on the same day our civilians were killed in benghazi a turkish police officer was murdered in istanbul only days before his wedding, more than 10 yemenis were killed in a car bomb, several afghan children were mourned by their parents days after they were killed by a suicide bomber in kabul. >> today it all comes done wn t iran. u.s. argues sanctioning in iran are having an impact. we may have different perspective on that when benjamin netanyahu addresses the u.n. >> a lot of reaction from the president's speech this morning. that's what the special report panel was talking about last night. >> liz cheney who also informally advises the romney

campaign says his speech did not assure people any real action will be taken. >> my overall sense watching the speech was that it was a lot of rhetoric punk waited by moments of what could only be called delusion. he talked about the moment we are living through in the middle east now. he said this is a real period a season of progress were his words. there was no recognition at all that any pieeace and security i the world since world war ii has come from american leadership through american military. no recognition we face a threat from islamic jihad. it was a lot of what we heard him say before. i think he did have some statements about iran. he had statements about syria. but there's no reason that i can see for people to believe it's going to be followed up by any action. he didn't take the action of bothering to meet with any world leaders while he was there. >> today on "fox & friends" they will have a lot more reaction to the president's u.n. address

from senior advisor to the romney campaign ed gillespie. before you leave the house this morning let's get the first degree weather update. maria molina has a look at the latest temperatures. >> hi patti ann and heather. we are looking at traditionally temperatures early this morning across parts of the northern plains in the 40s in rapid city. 55 right now in new york city. in cleveland we are seeing a current temperature at 61 degrees. the reason we are seeing this disparity with temperatures warmer out to the south than towards the east and cooler toward the west we have a cold front pushing eastward and this system. right now we are expecting temperatures this afternoon 77 in new york city. widespread 80s across the southeast and 90s in texas and oklahoma. well above average. still on the warm side feeling like summer even though it is already officially fall. we have areas of showers already

early this morning associated with a front across portions of new england. we had areas of sdwrdrizzle and heavier thunderstorms across parts of the plains and the midwest. some of these will produce severe weather. we will keep an eye on that. electronic art wants you to get in the game. the company is now using new 3-d technology to capture all of the drama and unpredictability of real world soccer. robert gray has more from the fox business network live with a behind the scenes look at the 13. >> good morning. electronic art is trying to make the best selling sports franchise even more life like. the soccer game scored 5 billion in sales since it debuted in 1993. the publisher is using that technology to put pro soccer players in the game. >> electronic arts is using advanced technology to make the key sports game such as 13

soccer playing more realistically and look even more like the real thing. the video game publisher is now putting pro soccer players in the game. >> the premiere league got the full 3-d make-over. they set up a special head scanning dome in new york's grand central statement to wacah the likeness of players on the british soccer side. >> they are going closer and closer to provide something that looks more like a broadcast. sometimes we get technology increases that help that along the way. other times it's incremental steps or processes such as the rig behind us. >> they use 3-d head scanning technology. the 18 cameras of the 360 degree capture of the athletes. they are hoping the technology creates a more realistic game one that sets apart the console games from the less expensive ones. ea sports is going big.

if usiit is using the scanning technology and other advancements to make the video game look more life like on the large screen that gamers and soccer stars play it on. >> it is so realistic. it is great to put it on a big screen and play with your mates. >> it is great. >> they were hap tee to update them with more life like features. >> it will be positive and gima it more accurate. >> they keep the ball rolling for the title. the publisher plans to continue scanning teams wherever and whenever they can to update the game. predictably some of them said their speed or skill level should be better rated in the game and a few even joked about ea getting their hairstyles wrong. hmmm. wonder how high my dribbling and

shooting skills rated. it hits store shelves yesterday. it was the biggest launch in the history of sports video games. sold more than 3.7 units in the first week and 10 million in the first four months. >> thank you, robert. appreciate it. the time now is 39 after the top of the hour. coming up each day we are flooded with new polls in the race for the white house. how precise are the numbers and how can they effect the voter's decision to actually head to the ballot box. >> last chance to answer our question of the day. we told but a befofather facing backlash for saying he has a favorite child. we want to know if you secretly have a favorite. >> a look at jimmy fallon from last night. with the spark cash card from capital one, sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thinwork? oh, i like it!

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as we inch closer to the presidential election many polls will emerge. but are you aware of who is surveyed how many were surveyed and the margin of error. the fine print can have a major impact on the numbers. shannon has a closer look from washington. >> every day there's at least one new poll often many more. what do they all really mean? >> i know people obviously think of the poll as being forecasts but from a professional standard they are not. >> pollsters say there are limits from the information they produce. the polls capture a single moment in time not predict the future. no two sampling groups are the same and there are methods of interpretation. there is an across the board agreement the 2012 electorate will be different than 2008 with younger minority voters lessen thus i can't say tick and less likely to show up this time around. >> it is true 2012 will be

different than 2008 but it's also true that if you try to base your 2008 models off of 2004 that wouldn't enforce either. >> polling operations first on putting together a demographic sap pell of what we know things like gender, race and income levels. once that's set pollsters ask reupon dents about which party they knefeel most aligned with their party registration. they have been able to quantify a shift of independents in the democratic column but on a lbit of a roller-coaster ride with president obama. giving him high approval ratings but then... >> now we are at a point while most unaffiliated voter doss not approve the president their hostility isn't as strong as it was a year ago. >> september polling numbers are notoriously volatile with the october debate still to come. while the discussion continues

about whether america's party preference shifted or whether too many democrats are being included in recent party sampling the gop should use the recent less ideal numbers to their advantage. >> if i were a republican i would look at it as a warning sign. you have time to do something about it. if you start to deny, denying does not change the problem. >> what's the impact of the various poll numbers? tone another's willingness to give and volunteers excitement about showing up to make calls and go door to door. things that could make all of the difference in the presidential race as tight as this year's. earlier in the show we asked you to brew on this. a canadian father actually admits that he likes his one son over the other. he even blogged about his favoritism do you secretly have a favorite child? >> katie tweeted us i don't have a favorite. there are definitely days that i

favor one over the other due to their behavior that day. >> jim from tennessee e-mailed us if you are a parent or grandparent with multiple children or grandchildren. you will have favorites you will never admit it to any of them and you will learn to treat them equally. that's the key, not to tell them. >> stan tweets definitely not, but when our three were teens at the same time we had days when we disliked them equally. >> oh the teen phase. thank you to everyone who responded. 47 after the hour. it's the story everyone is still talking about. it has even gone viral. ♪ >> those replacement reps from the packers sea talk game getting a lot of heat. there are other incidents as well. can the nfl be held legally

responsible? arthur eye dal law will have more on that. >> brian kilmeade coming up on "fox & friends". >> we are discussing the replacement reps why they are actually in long way football and encourage holding. coming up in the political portion of our show herman cain newt gingrich racing against mitt romney. they will be hearing from newt and have herman cain live. dick morris in a matter of minutes and we are going from here to ed gillespie running things for the mitt romney camp. should they be concerned about the battle ground states. all coming up on "fox & friends". don't go anywhere, but please get dressed.

>> it is 51 after the top of the

hour. quick headlines for you. low cost carrier air asia will soon be offering baby free quiet zones. the airline will only allow people 12 and over in that section of the plane. while tensions rise in the patient's rest debacle some are somethi having fun at the nfl's expense. ♪ >> i like it the video has more than 78,000 views. patti ann? >> more on that controversial call heather during the packer's seahawks game up in arms over the nfl's use of refs. now they are worried over the player's safety and whether teams are getting burned in their chance to make it to the super bowl. can the nfl be legally held

responsible by any of these groups let's ask criminal defense attorney and fox news contributor arthur adidala. let's look at towns who prophet. the mayor of green bay called an official complaint with the commissioner saying his town will maketake a huge hit they ao disgusted with the refs they are not going to come. >> if the fans actually stop coming to the games that will settle this in five seconds. any one can bring a lawsuit. any one should start a lawsuit because they will be all over the place. whether they would win i highly doubt it. they can run their business anyway they like. it is knotted like the teacher strike where there is a right to having public education. you are paying taxes to have

those teachers teach your children. here it is a private business. same way the light bulb can can go on strike. we can't sue the light bulb company to hire the best makers. >> they are not on strike they are being locked out. do the refs themselves have a case they are not being paid for the games they are not allowed to work at? >> they are being lockout because they refuse to work. pension verses 401 k's. they can go work. they can say okay we accept what you are saying. scab rats are working. years ago in the 1980s they locked out the football players and people across the picket line. they are saying you have to work under these royals. >> the fans many buy season tickets expecting a certain level of officiating. is it false advertising?

do they have a case? >> i would say this play with green bay is the best evidence they have. otherwise it is so subjective. you will see when the new refs come in the first blown call they have the scabs were better than the regular refs it would be hard for a judge or a jury to say except for that one play that league wide the officiating has been so horrible that the fans have been really ripped off. >> the players they rely on penalty calls to protect them against overly aggressive players. there was a helmet to helmet hit last week that sen one to the hospital. they are worried players are going to get injured because of the bad off fish yags. >> could a player come out and file a lawsuit? yes. do i think they would be successful at thend? i don't. it is too subjective. didn't get to whether they are complain if they don't make it to the playoffs.

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>> one minute until the top of the hour. we look at the good, the bad and ugly. up first. the good. a touching photo of a man lulling his arthreatic dog to sleep. he raised over $25,000. next, the bad. heart break connecticut banning frizzbee and soccer. bushnel park is intended for passage. and ugly, m